Oregon to lead national lawsuit against CenturyLink — Oregon will lead a national class-action lawsuit against internet and TV provider CenturyLink over allegations including fraudulent accounts and billing. The designation is the latest development after the 2017 beginning of the lawsuit, which alleged the company pushed employees to secretly add services and charges to customer accounts. When the allegations came to light, CenturyLink stock declined sharply in value. A federal judge confirmed the troubled Oregon Public Employees Retirement Fund would be the lead plaintiff in the case. The Oregon treasurer and attorney general announced the development Tuesday, saying the state had suffered $6 million in losses after the stock dive. Losses from the alleged actions are part of larger challenges facing state pension planners, as increasing pension bills have driven some municipalities into dire budgetary straits.

Video shows police punching man — Civil rights groups in Oregon are calling for an investigation after a video showed police punching a man in the head at least 16 times. The video shows four officers converging on a man standing on a street, then pulling him to the ground, with three officers holding his limbs and one straddling his back. As one officer appears to struggle to force one of the man’s arms behind his back, another begins punching him in the head. Through the punches, the man, identified as Kevin Straw, 28, repeatedly shouts “I am not resisting.” Aside from extending his arm, Straw does not appear to struggle in the video, and is eventually handcuffed. The video was shot by Portland TV station KGW. The American Civil Liberties Union and the state chapter of the Council on American-Islamic Relations both called for investigations. The Marion County Sheriff’s Office said the arrest happened Monday after Straw repeatedly shouted at officers involved in the search for two missing fishermen in the Detroit area. The sheriff’s office said it’s reviewing the officers’ use of force, and that an outside agency would perform an additional review. Meanwhile, the missing father and son, who didn’t return from a fishing trip in the Detroit area as planned, were located by search crews late Monday; Josh and Corbin “Stacy” Cox were headed to a hospital for evaluation.